Bible Commentary

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ: 3 14. Ascription of Praise, in view of the Election and Redemption of the Saints 3. Blessed be the God, &c.] The same Benediction occurs (verbatim in the Greek, nearly so … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ephesians 1:3”

Grace [be] to you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ. 2. Grace be to you, and peace ] So in the opening words of Rom., 1 Cor., 2 Cor., Gal., Phil., Col., 1 Thess., 2 Thess., Philem., 1 Pet., 2 Pet., and Rev. In the Pastoral Epistles, and in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ephesians 1:2”

Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit. Amen. 18. The Epistle commenced with expostulation and rebuke. It closes with benediction. Grace is the key-note of the Apostle’s argument. Grace the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ the blessing he invokes on their behalf. It is the farewell prayer of a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Galatians 6:18”

From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. 17. As at the opening, so at the close of the Epistle, St Paul asserts his authority. Then it was as a duly commissioned Apostle, here it is as a tried and tested servant of his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Galatians 6:17”

And as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 16. as many as walk ] See note on ch. Gal 5:25. Some commentators attach to this verb a different sense, ‘as many as conform to this rule’. But the A.V. gives what is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Galatians 6:16”

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. 15. See note on ch. Gal 5:6. There the all-important thing is ‘faith working by love’; here ‘a new creature’; in 1Co 7:19, ‘the keeping of God’s commandments’. All these are essential the being circumcised or not is in itself … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Galatians 6:15”

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 14. We might have expected that St Paul would have named ‘the Spirit’ or ‘the new creature’ as the object of his boasting, in immediate contrast … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Galatians 6:14”

For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. 13. He justifies the imputation of a bad motive, by a fact which cannot be denied. The Judaizers could not pretend that they so complied with the terms of the Law as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Galatians 6:13”

As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. 12. Reverting to the error which had perhaps suggested, and which certainly occupies so prominent a place in the Epistle, St Paul unmasks those who were … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Galatians 6:12”

Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. 11 18. Autograph postscript and Benediction 11. Ye see ] Better, imperative, ‘ see ’. how large a letter ] Lit. ‘ in how large letters ’. Many ancient and most modern expositors take this to refer not to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Galatians 6:11”